"At times I feel overwhelmed with the case load."
Homeless outreach worker Geoff Bodnarek comments on the number of people who wind up on the North Shore, trying to escape gentrification and the dangers of the Downtown Eastside. Bodnarek says he gets dozens of calls for assistance each day (from a Feb. 5 news story).
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"The tide comes in, the tide goes out. My father told me years ago 'If you want steady work, go get a job somewhere else.'"
Outgoing Allied Shipbuilders president Malcolm McLaren reflects on his decades in the industry. McLaren and his brother Jim recently sold their share of the company to longtime employee Chuck Ko (from a Feb. 8 news story).
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"Astronaut training and a free space suit? Oh yeah."
Collingwood secondary student Michael DeLazzari already has his prize picked out if he and classmates Jenny Zhang and Erik Friedman win an online competition to design an experiment for the International Space Station (from a Feb. 10 news story).
